Pebble Definition
pĕbəl
pebbled, pebbles, pebbling
noun
A small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water.
Webster's New World
Clear colorless quartz; rock crystal.
American Heritage
Clear, transparent quartz or a lens made from it.
Webster's New World
Such a stone, smaller than a cobblestone, with a maximum diameter of 64 mm (c. 2.5 in)
Webster's New World
A surface grain of pebbly appearance, artificially produced on leather (pebble leather), paper, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- drakestone
- pebblestone
- slingstone
- checkstone
- jackstone
- gravelstone
- gravel
- stone
- cobble
- cobblestone
verb
To pave with pebbles.
American Heritage
To stamp (leather, etc.) so as to produce a pebbly appearance.
Webster's New World
To impart an irregularly rough, grainy surface to (leather or paper).
American Heritage
To cover with pebbles or objects that look like pebbles.
Webster's New World
(curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice. e.g. to pebble the ice between games.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Pebble
Middle English pobble, pibel, pebul from Old English papol- (as in papolstān pebblestone)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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